North Adams - It was quite by accident that David Lane found his career as a puppeteer. As he recalls, a friend had heard a story involving murder, the president of Czechoslovakia and his wife, and the president's head later being found in a jar of …

WILLIAMSTOWN - The beat danced. One rhythm played with another, high over low, rolling, swinging, pattering and leaping.
Four Afro-Cuban musicians with international stature came together on a fall afternoon at the Williams College Museum of Art. …

Amidst the perfect backdrop of red velvet curtains and ornate golden balconies of the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, the sixth annual Made In the Berkshires Festival, which began Friday, concluded Sunday with a full day dedicated to independent …

Like most of us, Elaine Khosrova took butter for granted.
Until about nine years ago, then the food writer had what she calls an "aha!" moment.
"I was working at a restaurant trade magazine and was asked to do a butter tasting," said Khosrova. …

NORTH ADAMS — When silent films first came to Japan in the 1920s, a new genre emerged to bridge the gap between the country's oral storytelling tradition and the new, foreign technology. A narrator — called a benshi — would sit to …

LENOX, MASS. — In 1894, the New York Times ran a society column titled, "Lenox has the golf craze: Society hitting a little ball with a crooked stick," detailing how the popular sport had just about taken over everywhere.

Bathed in the glow of mauve, amethyst, and rose-colored lights, the exterior appearance of Wheatleigh, the Italian villa of Count Carlos de Heredia and Countess Georgie Bruce Cook de Heredia, garnered as much attention in the New York Times and Washington Post social columns as the night's "domino ball" did.

The end of the year is nearing, and you might have to wear an extra layer of two, but there are still plenty of entertaining excuses to get out and about this weekend, from holiday-themed happenings, to all sorts of live music and more. …